Humans are changing the Earth’s climate through producing greenhouse gases, leading to the greenhouse effect. Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Methane (CH4) are greenhouse gases linked to human activity. The rise in greenhouse gases matches the start of the Industrial Revolution. Our future climate may present us with challenges...

UK climate is changing as a result of global changes caused by human activity

There are a range of projections for global temperature change and sea level rise, the reasons for the uncertainty are:

Measuring the difference between natural and man-made climate change

Measuring past changes and calculating how this affects future changes

Economic and environmental impacts of future climate change for the UK and Bangladesh, a developing country.

Effect of climate change: The effect of climate change will result in droughts in the UK and sea level rise that will flood coastal land. The effect of climate change in Bangladesh would be much worse, a small rise in sea level could massively reduce Bangladesh’s agricultural output. This food shortage can could cause country-wide famine as it is more difficult to import in developing countries.Economic implications: The UK is surrounded by coast and this could either mean building flood defenses around all coastal areas or rehousing population close to the coast. Damage to the city would be expensive and disruptive. However, Bangladesh will have a greater economic impact as their farming industry, a key industry to their economy, would be destroyed by increased temperatures which would mean increased water usage. On the other hand, increased flooding would result in water-borne diseases that would be a huge financial burden on healthcare.